The plats and squares and subdivisions of the City of Washington shall be drawn upon a uniform scale of not less than 1 inch to 50 feet, and shall show the lines of all subdivisions of the squares as the same existed at the date of the completion of each square.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1425, ch. 854, § 1580.)
1981 Ed., § 1-910.
1973 Ed., § 1-610.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
§ 1–1301. Salary; appointment; term of office
§ 1–1303. Appointment of Assistant Surveyor and other employees
§ 1–1304. Duties of Assistant Surveyor
§ 1–1305. Surveyor’s office to be legal office of record of plats and subdivisions
§ 1–1306. Records, papers, and instruments to be kept and preserved by Surveyor
§ 1–1307. Records of divisions of squares and lots
§ 1–1308. Records deemed property of District; transfer of records upon vacancy in office
§ 1–1309. Typewritten records authorized
§ 1–1311. Transcripts as evidence
§ 1–1312. Subdivision of United States squares
§ 1–1313. Orders regulating platting and subdividing; admission of plats and subdivisions to record
§ 1–1315. Right-of-way through cemeteries
§ 1–1316. Surveys for District
§ 1–1317. Order of survey to be speedily executed
§ 1–1318. Alteration of boundaries; change of surveys
§ 1–1319. Boundaries of lots to be marked
§ 1–1320. Subdivision plat; certification
§ 1–1321. Examination of subdivision dimensions; recording of subdivision
§ 1–1322. Reference to subdivisions
§ 1–1323. Regulation of alleys
§ 1–1324. Deficiency or excess in measurement of square
§ 1–1326. Wall extending over lot line
§ 1–1327. Surveyor to certify and record location of party wall
§ 1–1328. Adjusting lines of buildings; certificate as evidence